{"author_link":"\/author\/diventurer\/","author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","comments":[{"author_name":"proleo","author_uid":"39238","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 11:49am","epoch":1450179840,"text":";)"},{"author_name":"limered","author_uid":"66066","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:06pm","epoch":1450180860,"text":"Nice Idea\/Concept. A little on the hard side. I couldn't really see why i died."},{"author_name":"Obvious Industries","author_uid":"50051","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:14pm","epoch":1450181340,"text":"couldn't get past lvl 4 even though I had all upgrades, the red thingy was full und I had like 20.000 points. so I guess this is a bug? anyway otherwise REALLY great game and I LOVE the graphics. and the music! well...everything fits her ;)"},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:17pm","epoch":1450181520,"text":"@limered\r<br\/>Big fish might hurt you. :) Or oil\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Obvious Industries\r<br\/>Level 4 + Upgrades is winning! :D\r<br\/>The last upgrade costing 9999 food is the last unlockable. You have to search for a turbine in the sea to make it possible to buy. I just spoiled that now, but just so you know.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Killing every fish is the last goal for ultimate experience. :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for playing!"},{"author_name":"Fanatrick","author_uid":"39646","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:21pm","epoch":1450181760,"text":"This is similar to what my partner and I were discussing about making. Glad to see you did it justice."},{"author_name":"saucygames","author_uid":"56128","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 12:57pm","epoch":1450183920,"text":"Great game, i loved it. The key is to never stop moving lol"},{"author_name":"flukeshot","author_uid":"42528","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1450184400,"text":"Pretty chill game. I really liked the art and sound. It did freeze a few times though."},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:08pm","epoch":1450184580,"text":"@flukeshot\r<br\/>Yeah, I have to figure the freezing out. Maybe it's because it's winter?\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for playing everyone. I updated the game just now to fix incorrect build version and a bug."},{"author_name":"NirabazGAMES","author_uid":"65891","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:19pm","epoch":1450188840,"text":"Nice game, atmosphere is on level)"},{"author_name":"AdenMansonGames","author_uid":"38857","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:47pm","epoch":1450212120,"text":"A better version of my game XD Good job"},{"author_name":"AnaglyphCoding","author_uid":"33729","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:47pm","epoch":1450212120,"text":"I didn't rate because my computer wouldn't let me play the game due to countless security pop-ups. Looks great, though!"},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 8:55pm","epoch":1450212600,"text":"@AnaglyphCoding\r<br\/>If you click on &quot;More info&quot; or something on the bottom of the warning, you can bypass it."},{"author_name":"Zetym","author_uid":"34453","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:00pm","epoch":1450212900,"text":"Really nice, excessive number of fish though. It was really hard to know which direction I moved in the first stage, and to know what I could eat. Also felt weird being something that looked like an armoured shark and still getting food from algae.\r<br\/>Would also like more feedback that showed if it's me eating the other fish of if I should flee as I'm being used as a chewing toy.\r<br\/>I'm not sure if the last stage(4+upgrades, not gonna spoil it) was fun or not, the rest of the game felt very cohesive."},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1450212960,"text":"Made a screenshot when the game freezed http:\/\/imgur.com\/OA9qZ9F\r<br\/>Please fix it eventually, the game is enjoyable!\r<br\/>BTW, I played the similar one when I was a child, but it was split into several screens are was controlled by mouse :-)"},{"author_name":"exhidor","author_uid":"64080","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:03pm","epoch":1450213080,"text":"I REALLY like the atmosphere ! controls are nice because it's really like if you were a fish. Graphics are really nice, i love it ! Although The audio is good i don't really think it fit well with your atmosphere. The game is quite easy but i really spend a good time playing it ! Is there a next level after 4 ? (i really try to up but i guess i didn't reach the conditions to up).\r<br\/>GREAT JOBS !"},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:14pm","epoch":1450213740,"text":"@Zetym\r<br\/>Yeah. If you feel it's too many fish it's possible to edit in fish.txt. The last thing is just something we had to do as a result of a joke. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@scorched\r<br\/>Yeah, I am trying to fix that. It's probably an infinite loop somewhere.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@exhidor\r<br\/>Level 4 + All upgrades is the game yeah. Or you can kill all ~730K fish. :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks a lot everyone for playing"},{"author_name":"SwitchTeam","author_uid":"63854","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 9:12am","epoch":1450256820,"text":"So coooool"},{"author_name":"flwns","author_uid":"39813","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:41pm","epoch":1450290960,"text":"The controls felt nice and crisp, got to airplane mode and then didn't really see much to do after that. I thought the music was good, but the &quot;bloop&quot; sound when you ate things wasn't really satisfying. I enjoyed the game though."},{"author_name":"Tragon","author_uid":"26966","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:29pm","epoch":1450304640,"text":"My Avira complained when I started the game..."},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:33pm","epoch":1450304880,"text":"@Tragon\r<br\/>Yeah, I totally put a virus in the game. I hope it didn't stop you. Leaving a comment like that is very silly of you."},{"author_name":"Kakureta","author_uid":"50287","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1450305480,"text":"This game has very nice graphics. It's quite challenging and fun!"},{"author_name":"Chewie","author_uid":"56370","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 10:44pm","epoch":1450305540,"text":"Nice graphics and mechanics of evolution =)"},{"author_name":"Hot Box Games","author_uid":"39707","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:15pm","epoch":1450386600,"text":"Nice style and gameplay - managed to spin around in the green area up to over 9999 and achieve max unlock, all fish seemed to disappear when I did that till I swam somewhere else. Nice entry nonetheless :)"},{"author_name":"Diventurer","author_uid":"7567","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:24pm","epoch":1450387140,"text":"@Hot Box  Games\r<br\/>Yeah, that's a little side effect of only being able to manage a small chunk of the 725,000+ fishes. :D\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Thanks for playing everyone"},{"author_name":"kaa","author_uid":"39491","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:26pm","epoch":1450387260,"text":"Super! Graphics and gameplay are so good!"},{"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"53686","time":"Dec 17, 2015 @ 9:46pm","epoch":1450388460,"text":"Great graphics and mood in general.\r<br\/>I Liked the last upgrade (it's quite fun) !\r<br\/>Would be cool to have more evolutions because it seems quite impossible to achieve the ultimate goal.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nice game :)"},{"author_name":"pkenney","author_uid":"30865","time":"Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:43pm","epoch":1450557480,"text":"Very nice game!  The art is really great looking, although maybe it doesn't cleanly convey the most important game info about what is dangerous when I was a new player.  But it looks fantastic.  The sound is also a nice fit.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>But best of all the entire gameplay is an interesting idea and a fun implementation... great job!"},{"author_name":"Louspirit","author_uid":"55260","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 10:32pm","epoch":1450823220,"text":"The concept has already been seen but is effective. I wish I could have seen the final form but I've been eaten too many times :) Maybe one day... great game!"},{"author_name":"scorched","author_uid":"48268","time":"Dec 25, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1451061900,"text":"Got all upgrades with no crash so far! Is it intentional that you can just circle in algas (at least on level 4) and earn food by that?"},{"author_name":"Creative Sectors","author_uid":"39230","time":"Dec 26, 2015 @ 11:07am","epoch":1451127720,"text":"[Lazarus-omin from Creative Sectors]:\r<br\/>Wow, I really dig what you did here.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Loved the overall frame: the graphic elements were coherent, pleasant, the music &amp; sound effects were perfect add-ons to the mood, and as a fan of E.V.O. - Search for Eden, I pretty much liked the mechanics too.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Start was a lil' cumbersome, but got the hang of it soon. Only one small detail looked a little extreme for me, and that was the momentum of dying, with all that explosive blood. :)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Nevertheless, really enjoyed this one! Nice work, keep it up!\r<br\/>\r<br\/>P.s.: The Airplane mode cracked me up! :D"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Mar 28, 2016 @ 9:37pm","epoch":1459200720,"text":"Lovely graphics! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/BZOhspy6Kt8"}],"images":["ld34\/7567-44511a4c6569e877718bb7dff08f4a65.jpg","ld34\/7567-8acc6e8b448ac5b8c3580d9a58527957.jpg","ld34\/7567-412e7af1c4bade28e31d19981427dc20.jpg","ld34\/7567-59393b5ba1a744036ada878bb9d8d2b6.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32267636\/LD34%20-%20Wildly%20Growing.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/32267636\/LD34%20-%20Wildly%20Growing%20-%20Source.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"6032","g_author":"7567","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"6082","g_title":"Wildly Growing","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"106","g_commentcount":"31","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/7567-shot0-1450143762.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/7567-shot1-1450176442.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/7567-shot2-1450176442.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/7567-shot3-1450176442.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Don't you wish you were a fish? No?\r\n\r\nIn this game, you start out as a tiny fish. Smaller than the youngest sardine in the entire ocean! You have to grow, grow, GROW! Feed yourself on the sea weed until you're bigger than those pesky sardines. Now that you're big enough, you can just eat them whole! Maybe soon... You'll be the biggest of them all?\r\n\r\nThis game is fairly short - so please unlock everything.\r\nCan you get to 0 remaining fish though? ;)\r\n\r\n\r\n- INSTRUCTIONS -\r\nMovement:    WASD\r\nEvolve:      Space\r\nBuy Upgrade: Enter \/ Return\r\n\r\n\r\n- FAQ -\r\nQ: I get an error with \"MSVC\" something...\r\nA: Click on the file named: __INSTALL_THIS_IF_YOU_GET_ERROR__.exe and it will install the required VC++ libraries.\r\n\r\nQ: No window appears.\r\nA: Try to run as administrator. If that doesn't help, please tell me.\r\n\r\nQ: The game randomly freezed.\r\nA: Sorry, this is a bug I haven't fixed yet. It's rare though. Please just restart. :)\r\n\r\nIf you encounter a bug or crash: Please comment and show the \"_Noctare_Debug_Log_0.html\" file.\r\n\r\n- BUG FIXES -\r\n16th Dec:\r\n * Fixed two freeze scenarios - maybe there is still another?\r\n * Allocate more audio channels on startup to prevent sounds not playing\r\n\r\n- CREDITS -\r\ndib - programming and audio\r\nleo - graphics","title":"Wildly Growing"}